Whitey Ford
09-26-2020, 07:15 PM
BAFTA Takes Steps on Diversity, After All-White, All-Male Shortlists
Voters in Britain’s version of the Oscars will have to take unconscious bias training, and there will be a quota for women in the first round of voting for best director.
They are even going to translate Shakespeare into bix nood. "To beez or nots to beez, dat beez da kwestion!"
https://i.imgur.com/wsfZWxQ.jpg
LONDON — The world’s major movie awards are trying to put a stop to the all-white, all-male shortlists their voting members frequently draw up.
Earlier this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the Oscars, once again widened its membership to bring in more people of color. Earlier this month, it also introduced diversity criteria for nominated films in some categories, following the lead of the BAFTAs, Britain’s major film awards.
Now, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), which organizes the awards, has announced it is going further.
Starting with the awards in 2021, all 6,700 voting members of BAFTA will have to undergo unconscious bias training before casting any ballots.
https://archive.is/YUJwZ#selection-501.0-524.0
Voters in Britain’s version of the Oscars will have to take unconscious bias training, and there will be a quota for women in the first round of voting for best director.
They are even going to translate Shakespeare into bix nood. "To beez or nots to beez, dat beez da kwestion!"
https://i.imgur.com/wsfZWxQ.jpg
LONDON — The world’s major movie awards are trying to put a stop to the all-white, all-male shortlists their voting members frequently draw up.
Earlier this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the Oscars, once again widened its membership to bring in more people of color. Earlier this month, it also introduced diversity criteria for nominated films in some categories, following the lead of the BAFTAs, Britain’s major film awards.
Now, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), which organizes the awards, has announced it is going further.
Starting with the awards in 2021, all 6,700 voting members of BAFTA will have to undergo unconscious bias training before casting any ballots.
https://archive.is/YUJwZ#selection-501.0-524.0